laura: welcome back. you are watching "live from with me, "france 24" lois elliott. at least 2 people are dead after a shooting at the university of california at l.a. we will have the latest from our correspondent at the scene in a few moments. racing to find the black box recorders from the egyptair flight from our friendship has dictated -- detected a signal. plus -- of france france's worst flooding in a century. rescue operations carried out in towns across the country.

laura: first, at least 2 people have been confirmed dead after a shooting at the university of california in los angeles. police responded to reports of a shooting and the campus has been on lock down for over an hour now. no more news as yet as to whether or not the shooter is still at large. let's take a listen to lapd officer at the scene. >> what we did immediately upon having learned about this -- thet, we immediately campus alert notification system provides all of them in the campus community of an incident that occurred that could be dangerous to them and we stay out ofem to

the area. right now currently the campus is on lock down. we have literally hundreds of police officers and agents here on campus assisting in the sector situation. laura: we can go now to l.a. our correspondent is there. what more can you tell us at this stage? a few minutes ago ucla did send out an alert saying that the lockdown continues and telling students to not go outside to the lapd has warned residents to not go near campus, still an active scene. a lot of ucla students in the buildings have been posting pictures on social media from inside the building using anything they can to protect themselves because a lot of the doors inside these buildings open outward, so oddly enough, a lot of the engineering students have been saying that they have been making makeshift locks in order to protect themselves.

fortunately there have not been any new reports of new victims, only those 2 confirmed the dead are the only ones that have been reported so far. give a pressid conference a few minutes ago and they also said that it is not clear and it is possible that one of the victims could possibly be the sugar, but that is pure speculation. it hasn't been confirmed. officers and technical teams on campus right now are doing sweeps of the buildings and they also said they are compared -- prepared to bomb out any doors they need to to get access or clearance into one of the buildings. right now still an active scene. nothing has changed since the 2 dead have been reported and not been confirmed. as of now -- and have been confirmed. as of now everyone is a highly and the city of los angeles is on tactical alert, which means

that the resources are going to be concentrated in the ucla area. laura: naibe reynoso, thanks very much indeed. has -- a french ship has picked up the black box signal from the plane that crashed into the mediterranean last month. it is hoped to the agreement could reveal what caused the egyptair flight to plummet, killing everyone on board. the boxes stopped emitting signals after 30 days. reporter: one step closer to boxesg one of 2 black from the egyptair flight could going to france's aviation bureau, a french ship has picked up the signals from deep under the mediterranean sea. investigators are waiting diving specialists to retrieve the device. the latest of element has raised hopes that the flight data and cockpit voice recorders could be retrieved.

if the black box is found within 30 days of the crash, it could shed light on what caused it. detailed analysis could take up two weeks. it vanished from the radar while en route to paris from cairo. the disappearance, it suddenly their left, then right -- tired to dispense with it suddenly -- prior to the disappearance, it suddenly veered left, then right. all 66 passengers on board were killed. since the crash, some debris and body parts have been recovered. the bulk of the plane is believed to be deep under the sea. investigators have said it is to soon to determine what caused the disaster, although a terror attack has not been ruled out. laura: to an ongoing incident in somalia's capital, mogadishu. security forces say at least 10 people have died after an attack

on the city's ambassador hotel. gatel from went off at the before at least three gunmen entered the building and are said to be still at large pit the islamist group al-shabab has claimed responsibility. it is the latest in a string of attacks to be carried out by the group, which was ousted from mogadishu by african union force .n 2011 the iraq he army has slowed its advance on falluja over civilians to soldiers are fighting to retake the city from the islamic state group, which seized control in 2014. are50,000 city residents still cap inside and are effectively being used as human shields for the jihadists. many of those trapped our children. -- are children. parts of france are experiencing some of the worst flooding in a century. emergency workers in several regions have carried out or than a thousand rescues over the past 2 days. here in paris a river is threatened to burst its banks

and there has been deception at the french open tennis tournament. catherine clifford has more. catherine: this is not a river but a stretch of the motorway in paris. cars have been stranded here since tuesday, the owners evacuated after a 10-our way. cars,ead back to the although we still have no idea when they will be able to drive off. ,cross the surrounding region towns are submerged in with thousands of residents stuck in their homes and several thousand evacuated. >> they had to come through the garden. we had taken shelter in the upper rooms. fromrine: deserted apart brave few gathering supplies are heading to check up on their homes. the rain is now holding off and the water levels slowly going down. for many, the damage has been done. >> very shocking.

two thirds of this we won't be able to salvage. >> we tried to get as much furniture off the ground as possible, but, well, there you go. tuesday night, fast rising water caused the evacuation of a hospital, delicate operation carried out in complicated circumstances. this prison was also emptied with some 4000 detainees taken to other facilities. other areas across the country have been given orange and yellow alerts. meanwhile, in the capital, joggers have been stopped in their tracks. tourist boats have ground to a halt after water levels rose by four meters. however, this is still off the record set in 1910 when the river rose by over eight meters. laa: meanwhile, national .ndustrial unrest continues workers at nuclear power plants are set to strike tonight for

the second time over the government's new labor reform. they join national rail workers who are carrying out an open-ended strike over a dispute over working hours. 50% of national rail services were severely disrupted today. reporter: causing headaches for travelers across the country, rolling strike by state railway workers who walked off the job on tuesday evening. the stoppage means that nearly half of france's high-speed trains are not going anywhere. it comes after workers at the and at the labor reform bill that aims to make the market more flexible. andhange them a few times then start all over again. a.m. train was delayed until 10:00 a.m., but it doesn't bother me one bit. i support the strike 100%.

french government has made concessions to some unions but said it won't back down on the labor bill itself. country,ng the stopping the french people from getting around, living their normal lives, damaging france's reputation, threatening the economic revival which is undoubtedly taking hold, is acceptable. and that is why we are going to stay -- is unacceptable. and that is why we are going to stand firm. the indefinite railway strike comes on the eve of the stoppage by the paris metro. and the head of a net -- and ahead of a national day of strike set for june 14. it comes 10 days before the euro 2016 football tournament kicks off, with host nation france bracing itself for more travel chaos. staying in france, the national football coach has been accused of bowing to racism by not taking a striker to play at

the euro tournament later this month. he told journalists he felt his algerian roots had disqualified him. a former manchester united player has joined the fray as well. one french politicians of the criticism was outrageous. -- one french politician says the criticism was outrageous. reporter: a paint he kept silent for weeks. enzema spoke about france's decision not to include him in the euro 2016 squad. said he madrid striker is partly to blame. >> he has bowed to pressure from racist part of france. i don't understand why i haven't been selected. reporter: the french football federation decided not to select in april after he was accused of trying to blackmail former teammate with a sex tape. ma, who is of algerian

dissent from denies any wrongdoing. his action comes after comments made by a former football star earlier this week suggesting and anothernzema were left out because of their ethnicity. >> the only one in france with a truly french name. has declinedchamps to respond but said he would take legal action. several french politicians have spoken in support of the coach. >> what is this racist part of france that benzema talks about? i condemn these sweeping statements. france is not a racist country. reporter: many say current debates are a far cry from the glory days of 1998, when the

french won the world cup with players that came from all corners of the world. despite the controversy, benzema has pledged to support france in the euro 2016 tournament, which is due to start on the test. laura: in turkey, a former beauty queen has been found guilty of insulting former president earlier gone -- erdog an on social media. she has been sentenced to 14 months of prison. the punishment has been suspended but it is the latest sign that turkey is becoming increasingly authoritarian. reporter: another victim of turkey's media crackdown. she was convicted on tuesday of , aulting president erdogan ruling that has been increasingly commonplace in the country. the 27-year-old has been given a 14-month suspended sentence for sharing critical poetry entitled on herster's poem"

instagram account. after being briefly detained in january 2015, she said she has no intention of insulting the president. seeking to play down, she tweeted, "guys, i'm not in jail." commentsy queen's should be interpreted as legitimate political criticism -- >> we believe the expression shared by my client should be sure critically. reporter: erdogan has filed thousands of defamation cases under a law that bars insulting the president. it may just be working. teaching atiends, some universities, and they stopped posting anything -- stopped posting anything on their facebook or twitter. journalist friends who

are not really tweeting anymore. orause simply writing posting or say anything on social media is now dangerous. are targeted as string of journalists as well as ordinary citizens and even students. alarmsases are sounding into one of the worst crackdowns in the republic's history. laura: the world's longest and deepest rail tunnel has been inaugurated in switzerland. the 57-kilometer long tunnel runs through the heart of the alps and it took 17 years to finish and will connect rotterdam in the north to general in the south by high-speed rail. these rocks are a reminder of the difficult work. for 17 years, they dug through the house to achieve this

engineering fee. nine people perished in the process >> it is, less the terms of the area with this huge mountain in the middle. it is complex because so many different partners are involved. long,er: 57 kilometers more than 2000 meters under a mountain range that divides europe's north and south, the gotthard base tunnel cost 11 billion euros to complete. construction began in 1999. engineers dug through 73 kinds of rock, as hard as grand and soft as sugar. high-speed trains will was passengers through the tunnel in just 17 minutes. it requires trains to go through a series of loops. the new flat route means even heavy trains will need only one locomotive rather than 2 or three. more than 300 freight and

passenger trains are expected to pass through the tunnel every day once he gets fully operational at the end of the year. it can also mean fewer lorries and later road traffic. more than just an engineering is seenhe new gotthard as a symbol of european unity, linking rotterdam in the north and italy's general and the south. the leaders of france, germany, and italy are among those invited to make a made in voyage through the tunnel, a sign of solidarity at a time of increasing nationalism and fragmentation o. laura: a shooting incident at the university of california in los angeles is now over. police are saying it was a murder suicide, 2 people killed. the campus has been on lock down for several hours. officers say there is no further threat to students. shooting at ucla has now contained, according to the l.a. police department.

let's get some business news for you now. markus karlsson is with us in the studio. we're going to start off talking about the industrial unrest that is still going on in france. nearly two months now. the government says it will stand firm, it will push on with the labor reforms. markus: and it even got support from the oecd earlier, the organization for economic cooperation and development. its head has come out to support the french government as it tries to overhaul the french labor market. this comes, though, as laura was just saying, as we are seeing a fresh round of labor unrest in this country. around 17% of workers at state-owned operator walked off the job earlier this wednesday. unions called for the strike to protest against the plan to overhaul working hours. it was not directly linked to the labor overhaul that the french government is pushing, but it seemed to be part and parcel of much the same story.

the french government is of course pushing a bill to make it easier for firms to downsize in tough times. it also wants to loosen the rules on france's 35-hour work week, which has sparked a lot of anger industries, as we have been saying the past couple of months or so. speaking to me at oecd headquarters, she says the french government should push ahead nonetheless. >> our message to the french government is state of course, stay the course, stay the course. markus: despite the fact that it is very unpopular -- >> single country in which there has been a labor reform which was popular, ok? there always moments in the streets. markus: what do you say to people on the streets who are legitimately concerned about workers rights? >> that it is the best way in which this country is going to be able to create more jobs, and that one of the reasons why it is so anemic in terms of job

creation is precisely because of the rigidity of the labor laws. so welcome the flexibility. we are sorry to see some of the original proposal go by the wayside of the legislative dentist. but it is a very important package. it is a very important beginning, i would say. and finally, i think it is indispensable if france wants to keep productivity and competitiveness. he also talked about a warning from the oecd that the world is stuck in a low-growth trap as well. potential damage on the global economy as the u.k. eyes outbreaks that -- eyes a brits fit -- brexit. next, brazil continues to grapple with a deep recession. official figures show the brazilian economy shrank by 5.4% between january and march on the

same period last year. the reading was not as bad as fierce as economists expect a contraction of 6%. still, brazil is on course for the worst downturn on record after a 3.8% contraction in 2015. the economy has been weighted down by lower oil prices and continued political turmoil. earlier, brazil's interim president says there is no denying the crisis. : the country is not going to ignore the fact that it is swimming in one of the greatest crises of its history. it is a conjunction of serious problems created by diverse errors over time. and compromising the government ability and quality of life for our people. markus: ok, that was michel temer speaking there.

japan's prime ministers backing away from a plan to raise the ites tax hit shinzo abe said is not the time to hike as japan faces headwinds from the rest of the global economy. julia seeger has more on that. tax hike is a sales back and would, according to japan's prime minister. shinzo abe is once again postponing plans to raise the sales tax to 10% 8%. instead of april next year, it will be implemented in 2019. abe says he fears a hike too soon could derail growth. abe: our nation needs to speed up structural reforms, just public finance, and pursue various policies. but we should delay the rise in consumption tax that could potentially hurt domestic demand. that is why i have taken the decision to postpone the sales tax rise.

julia: the government last raise the sales tax in 2014 from 5% to 8%. consumer spending dropped, pushing japan's economy into a brief recession. the new rice was first on the cards for october of last year, but concerns of another recession delay the plan. economists say that the tax rises crucial to help trim japan's gigantic public debt, which is led to over $11 trillion, more than double the country's gdp. japan also desperately needs to find ways to cover rising social welfare costs due to its rapidly aging population. but this policy is very unpopular among voters. some have even called for a referendum to decide on whether or not to impose yet another increase in the nation sales tax. markus: ok, let's bring you up-to-date with stock markets next. in the united states we have seen stocks climbing a little bit higher in the past hour or so, with all three main indices

in positive territory, only slightly so. there's not a lot of conviction on wall street this session by the looks of things. the dow jones industrial average gaining only marginally has -- investors are digesting a slightly better-than-expected manufacturing reading in the united states. auto stocks are under pressure after gm, ford, and toyota reported software car sales in may. in europe we saw slightly different picture, red arrows across the board when it comes to the main indices. the london market was way down over market concerns over potential brexit as polls suggest that the remaining and the remaining and leave camps are making a ahead of the referendum. european travel stocks took a beating after a warning from the u.s. state department of a raised terror threat level in europe. attention is also now turning to the european central bank.

the ecb will be meeting under the presidency of mario draghi on thursday. want to keep an eye on tomorrow. let's go from talking about what is happening in the stock market to the stock market themselves. deutsche bank and the london stock exchange say they could slash 1250 jobs. the stock market operators are planning to join forces in a merger and they say the cuts would be part of a plan to reduce annual costs by around 450 million euros. the firms are hoping to complete the merger late this year or early next year. beenight, oil prices have retreating this wednesday as opec oil ministers arrived in vienna for a key meeting. there are reports that saudi arabia and other gulf countries may press for coordinated action among opec members to support oil prices. but the question is whether iran will sign up as it has been resisting attempts to make it

join a production freeze. forprices have recovered brent crude at the start of the year but is not enough to satisfy opec's 30 member countries. let's listen to angola's representative at the vienna talks. wait because it is not enough to satisfy angola. markus: essentially, oil prices are not good enough where they are sitting at the moment, according to angola, and according to a lot of other opec oil ministers. we will see what happens on thursday. owing to be another interesting factor to watch. laura: absolutely. all eyes on the oil market. markus karlsson with the business. we are taking a short break on "france 24."

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